the deaf boy |gallavich|

part 3

“Yea I’m sorry for pushing too much” many signs while mouthing sorry “It’s whatever I’m not mad at you.” I reply as she stands up. “Mandy?” I say out loud “did I do it right?” I sign to her when she looks at me “you did it perfectly mick.” she replies letting a few tears slip. I understand why, it was the first time I’ve ever said her name aloud. I nod at her and give her a small smile. “Remember what I said I’m sure Ian feels the same way about you as you feel about him, I know you don’t want to get your hopes up but, whenever he looks at you he gets this look in his eyes and it just screams ‘ I love you ‘, “ she signs with a small half smile half frown. “think about it please?” she adds as if it was an afterthought. I just nod and smile. I keep my comments to myself for her sake. As she walks away I think about what she said and decide when I see Ian tomorrow I’ll look for the ‘look in his eyes’ Mandy was talking about.

TO IAN FROM MICKEY: Hey can you meet me at my house tomorrow and we can walk together instead of us meeting at the school? I need to run somethings by you.

TO MICKEY FROM IAN: yea no problem see you tomorrow :)

TO IAN FROM MICKEY: :))))))))

I throw my phone back on my bed and finish eating. Just as I get up to throw my trash away a huge ass spider starts crawling across my floor. I scream probably loud as fuck and jump on my bed which brings Iggy and Collin into my room “WHAT’S WRONG” Iggy signs with a worried look on his face. I point to the floor “there is a giant fucking spider on my floor” I sign looking at the floor where it was standing almost like it was frozen in place “really Mickey it’s a fucking spider.” Collin signs with a sign before crushing on it with his boot heel. “Thank you” I sign visibly relaxing “he can be such a baby sometimes” Iggy says think I could understand him. “ asshole” i say aloud “I can understand you, I can read lips.” I sign not feeling confident enough to say full sentences yet. “HOLY SHIT MICKEY JUST SPOKE” Collin yells with a huge grin “yea he’s been learning to talk and control his tones and stuff.” Mandy signs while talking with a shrug. “From who?” Iggy signs looking in between Mickey and Mandy “none of your business that’s who” I sign rolling my eyes “and Mandy you better not tell them!” I add on with a serious face. “I won’t I promise” she signs nodding in understanding. It’s not that my brothers are homophobic it’s just I don’t want them to blab with their loud mouths to Terry. Because if they do that will end up with me getting into a fight with Terry. He still seems to think I’m faking being deaf and if it gets out that I’m learning to talk that’ll just make him believe his twisted lies more. I started to notice what Mandy was talking about Ian got this twinkle in his eye whenever we would sign. Yes I know that sounds gay as fuck but it’s the only way I can describe it. I also noticed he gets this little smile on his face whenever I speak to him or Fiona. It’s honestly super cute again that’s gay as fuck but I’m gay so get over it. It’s been about a week since I started to pay close attention to Ian and so far I’ve noticed he definitely feels something towards me but feelings of what I’m not sure. It seems like he cares deeply for me even more than what I knew before. I’m just hoping he stays oblivious to my love for him. But it seems the gay gods are not in my favor at the moment because about a week later Ian asks me to if I liked him. To which I was honest about simply because I thought he liked me too. Turns out I was right but neither of us knew if we wanted to be in a relationship or not. “MICKEYYYYYY” I see Mandy scream as soon as she see me in the hall at school “bitch you know I can hear so why are you yelling” I sign shaking my head “sorry…. But Ian just told me he likes you and you like him so WHY aren’t you dating?” she asks with a confused look on her face. “I don’t know if he wants a relationship with me or not so I didn’t ask” I reply with a shrug “of course he wants a relationship. Why do you think he asked if you liked him or not?” She signs like it’s the most obvious thing in the world. “Okay okay where is he so I can ask him?” I ask rolling my eyes “Bleachers.” is all she signs before walking away. As soon as I hit the football field I see his beautiful red hair shining in the sun. Yes I know that’s such a cliché but it’s the only way I can describe his hair. It looks like a mix of reds and oranges and it’s just so pretty. I walk over quickly and sit next to him. ‘Ian?’ I ask aloud “Mickey!” Ian signs surprised “will you be my boyfriend?” I sign quickly before I lose my confidence. The only response I get is a hungry kiss from Ian. “is that a yes?” I sign blushing “yes Mickey it’s a yes” Ian signs with the biggest smile I have ever seen.